How to Use paper-thin in a Sentence

paper-thin

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• This is a slightly bigger option from the brand, and it's made from paper-thin nylon stuffed with scrap yarn.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• This is a slightly bigger option from the brand, and it's made from paper-thin nylon stuffed with scrap yarn.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
• Lily wore paper-thin sheer gloves that reached past her elbows, as well as sheer black tights underneath her dress.
  — Seventeen, 25 May 2023
• The devices can read signals emitted by paper-thin RFID tags attached to the price tags on clothes and can track the location of shoppers in the store.
  — Liz Young, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2023
• Crape myrtles, sycamores, paper birches and a few other species just happen to do it in large sheets of paper-thin bark.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
• The cortador places the leg in a special holder and uses a long knife (the cuchillo jamonero) to create paper-thin slices.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• Adding to the problem: Airline seats are almost paper-thin, which means the passenger in front of you feels every single tap.
  — Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
• After the dumplings are placed into bamboo baskets and steamed, the broth melts, forming a rich, fatty soup within a pliant, paper-thin wheat skin.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• The crabs — almost always domestic blue crabs — molt their hard outer shells in the spring, leaving them with paper-thin exoskeletons.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• And yet, for all the witty, effervescent charm of the game itself, Astro Bot is a paper-thin protagonist even by the standard’s of the mascot platformer.
  — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
• However, it's crafted of lightweight, paper-thin nylon filled with pillowy down that could serve you on the mountain, finished with a high neck and snap closures to conceal the front zipper.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2023
• The paper-thin plot is just enough to keep this episode plodding from scene to scene, and despite being based around a hostage situation, the stakes never feel particularly high.
  — WIRED, 21 June 2023
• Monét wore a head-to-toe Y2K fashion throwback consisting of a pleated and frayed denim mini skirt in an acid-wash, a paper-thin sleeveless tee and pointed-toe stiletto boots.
  — Marissa Muller, WWD, 22 Sep. 2024
• In the absence of novelty, the franchise’s flaws — schlocky dialogue, uninspired CGI, paper-thin baddies — are glaring.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• But of course that would be impossible because, in the manner of goods for the stealth-wealth set, the clothes were made of whisper-light woolens, finespun cotton, materials like doeskin or paper-thin suede.
  — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• Neus Coronado, one of three full-time slicers García employs, can produce a tidy pinwheel of uniform, nearly paper-thin slices in just a few minutes.
  — Bonnie Berkowitz, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• The siblings cared for one another, sure, but their rivalry ran deep — and as the final plot twist proved, their mutual protection pact was always paper-thin.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 29 May 2023
• Given the paper-thin margin, most private companies won’t bid to operate a DOE science lab, Madia notes.
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
• The MonsterVerse is guilty of this with its rotating cast of paper-thin characters elevated solely by the sheer charisma of its actors.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
• When the Maharajah gets kidnapped Nick and Audrey leap into detective mode, which winds up taking them and the key guests to Paris, adding to the travelogue aspect without doing anything to help with the paper-thin plot.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
• On the phone, the surgeon, who has operated on opera singers with symptoms like mine, described a possible course of treatment: a procedure to punch small holes in the paper-thin bones of my sinuses to widen the passageways.
  — Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024
• After a quick high-heat roast, their deep purple paper-thin skin easily gave way to an ultra-creamy interior, with barely any seeds inside.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 6 Sep. 2024
• The arrangement nods to Japan with the addition of paper-thin slices of Wagyu beef, but that roiling ocean of nutty, tangy, supersharp cheese, a pure evocation of Spain, would be just as delicious without any meat at all.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
• That Hollywood creation is mere paper-thin pleasure, a nonsense candy corn of a thing that barely features any surprise, idiosyncrasy, or respect for the viewer.
  — Keep Mario Weird, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2023
• These paper-thin sheets are gentle to the skin and free from toxins, providing a natural solution to eliminate dirt from various fabrics.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
• Regulars flip for the homemade tortillas, paper-thin and well-seasoned fajitas and decadent queso flameado.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 15 Apr. 2023
• The team was able to create paper-thin sheets of mycelium from edible Basidiomycota fungi in containers of sugary sweet molasses.
  — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 20 July 2023
• Her pot stickers — a dozen to an order (because that’s the number traditionally served in China), their paper-thin skin blistered from pan searing — are a comfort food with universal appeal.
  — Jason Rezaian, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
• Curiosity’s scrutiny of the paper-thin rocks could help scientists understand if wind or water was involved.
  — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• Paleontologists have identified more than 200 species of pterosaurs, including some with paper-thin bones and long, skinny fingers.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 1 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 Jan 2025